Date/Time
Date(s) - 3 Sep 2015
5:15 PM - 5:15 PM
Location
Class of 1978 Pavilion, Special Collections Center
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The Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies-Herbert D. Katz Center Fellowship in Jewish Manuscript Studies and the David B. Ruderman Distinguished Fellowship Lecture for fall 2015 will be
Tales of Three Texts: The Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew Medical Texts in UPenn MS Codex 1649
Professor Y. Tzvi Langermann, from Bar-Ilan University in Israel, will present his latest research on one of Penn Libraries’ recent acquisitions: a 15th-century medical miscellany (UPenn MS Codex 1649). Produced in Sicily, the manuscript contains texts written in Judaeo-Arabic, Hebrew, and Arabic, making it a fascinating witness to the cross-fertilization of ideas across borders and cultures in the history of medicine in the late Middle Ages. Presented in association with the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies and the Jewish Studies Program in the School of Arts and Sciences.
The event is open to the public. For more information and to register for free, go to: http://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/three_texts.html